Nezahualpilli

Classical Nahuatl

Nezahualpilli in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.

Alternative forms

• Neçahualpilli

Etymology

Nezahual(coyōtl) + pilli "child"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈs̻awalˈpilːi/

Proper noun

Nezahualpilli

1. a male given name. Borne by a ruler of Texcoco, the son of Nezahualcoyotl
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

     oc yuh huècāuh huāllāzquè in caxtiltēcà, in yecuēl quimomachiltiāya in Neçahualpiltzintli in īnhuāllāliz. Mucho antes que viniessen los Españoles, sabia el Rey neçahualpiltzintli su venida; à la letra; toda via despeus de largo tiempo vendran los Españoles, y ya sabia, neçahualpiltzintli su venida.
     (Long before the Spaniards came, the king Neçahualpiltzintli knew of their coming; literally, still after a long time the Spaniards will come and Neçahualpiltzintli already knew of their coming.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs, Stanford: Stanfod University Press, pages 316–317
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 172